1998/99 LTM NATIONAL
PANTOMIME
ANANSI
WEB
The Story
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He tries to persuade Mama Sky to sell him the spot, but she refuses. Anansi, being Anansi, will not take no for an answer and so begins a feud between them. Mama Sky is championed by her grand-daughter Rain, just as Anansi has the backative of his wife Mrs. Thursday, their daughter Coo Yah and son Tikyah.
The problem is that Coo Yah is in love with Lydie, a taxi driver of whom Bredda Anansi disapproves but the lovers will not be put off. When Tikyah returns from studies “A Foreign”, it seems as if things will go easier for Anansi, but Tikyah falls in love - with Rain even as Mama Sky stands firm. The affection is not returned. Anansi steps up his campaign to get Mama Sky out of his way. He just might have succeeded but for the fact that Mama Sky finds an ally in a cousin, highly-placed in the political system.
From him she gets a gift - which challenges Anansi’s claim that his web is the only web in the world. The new web changes the balance of power in Anansi Land.
When he tangles with the new web, things do not go well for Anansi. Even the Praise Singers “gwan funny”. Eventually he has to strike a deal with Mama Sky. What with the web and everything, he gives up trying to separate Coo Yah and Lydie. As for lovesick Tikyah, that is another matter. As all things go, the happy ending comes.
Cast of Characters Mama Sky: Doreen King/Nadean Rawlins Bredda Anansi: Recordo Redwood/ Livingston White Mrs Anansi: Laura Smith/Ericka Wilson Tikyah: Kevin Roach/George Howard Rain Trecia Guy/Michelle Edwards Coo Yah: Jacqueline Higgins/ Pauline Woodburn Lydie: Michael Dawkins/Audley Green Head Praise Singer: Melward Morris Asst. Head Singer: Barbara Johnson Praise Singers: Delrose Burke, Sonia Samuels Townsfolk: Kevin Halstead, Simone Haughton, Neil Hamaty, Phillip Powell, Lavanna Shorter |
Musical
Numbers Act 1 Overture Anansi The Great I Am Under The Rock Come Inna Dis Woman Luck Weave De Web Love and Unity Nah Sing No More Wai Wai Act 2 Hearie De News Communicate It Nah Go So Weave De Web (reprise) Oh Lydie, Oh Cooyah Will You Be Mine Love & Unity (reprise) Finale Orchestra Calvin Cameron - Leader/ Trombone Claude Stephenson - Keyboard Charmaine Bowman - Piano Trevor Thompson - Bass Guitar Calvin Mitchell - Percussion Paul Mullings - Percussion Devrowe Clarke - Percussion Michael Buchanan - Percussion |